Hamida Aman created Begum TV, a media that allows women to inform, to be informed, and to have access to education. From Paris, she informs Afghan women on the ground and those who have joined them in France. After years of activism for the rights of Afghan women, this July 14, a national holiday in France, she carried the flame to Paris, to the Sorbonne, a sign of hope for her and her team.
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As Hamida Aman prepares to receive the flame, Tawfiq Seidiki, a journalist from Begum TVfilms the Sorbonne.
“ I have never forgotten my country. I was born there, I grew up there. And in two years here in Paris, I am living today my most beautiful moment, my best emotions “, he testifies to the microphone of Valentin Hugues from the Society department.
The Sorbonne, quite a symbol. A high place of education, when in Afghanistan, since the return of the Taliban to power in 2021, women no longer have the right to set foot in university.
” I’ve been here for two and a half years. The university in Afghanistan is closed, and now Hamida is doing a great thing for us. “, rejoices Getee Azami, journalist in Begum.
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The doors of the Sorbonne open, and a few minutes after discreetly carrying the flame inside, Hamida Aman appears in a white flame-bearer’s outfit.
” I took this flame and, suddenly, a great pride and with a tenfold desire to say to myself “I will succeed”. It is a way to regenerate myself, to give myself even more strength, she emphasizes. It’s fuel, it’s like putting gasoline in it to send us even further. »
The flame, however, continued his adventure in the streets of Paris.
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